Music Report

Kanye West released his third album, ‘Graduation,’ on Tuesday. Mr. West was able to rhyme the words totem and scrotum on the track entitled “Big Brother.”
http://www.defsounds.com/singles/view/2385-kanye-west-big-brother.html

New York’s newest venue is Terminal 5 @ 610 W. 56 ST. It will host MIA with her popular brand of Sri Lankan dance music 10/18&19.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532506

Also on the docket are the John Butler Trio with their laid-back Australian jams (11/10)
http://www.johnbutlertrio.com/audio.php

and the Decemberists, who are lauded for bringing an English professor’s sensibility to indie rock (11/1&2).
http://www.myspace.com/thedecemberists

One of New York’s other newest venues, the Highline Ballroom, is hosting The Aliens on 9/18 @ 9pm. The group is made up of former members of The Beta Band. Armed with a bottomless bag of psychedelically inclined rock and acid dipped electronics, The Aliens bring a freedom of spirit and a certainty of intent that immediately sets them out from the current crop of guitar slingers.
http://www.myspace.com/thealiens1

Now a little something for the ladies: British singer Kate Nash is evocative of Regina Spektor with a little big of Lily Allen in the mix, but without a US following as of yet. In the UK, she’s already sold out all of her shows in the month of October. Before then, New Yorkers have a chance to check her out in an intimate setting 9/24 @ Luna in Brooklyn or the following night at Joe’s Pub on Lafayette St. before everyone else catches on.
http://www.myspace.com/katenashmusic

Scheduled for 9/29 @ midnight is a performance by satirical hip hop duo Cracked Out. They will dazzle you with such hits as Bennigan’z and, Ray Mendez favorite, FUPA.
http://www.myspace.com/crackedout

For those interested in jazz and fresh air, the East-West Trio will playing in Clinton Cove at 55th Street and the Hudson River as the sun sets 9/18.
http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/video.asp?ID=6010628

Also, Van Morrison is playing NYC’s United Palace Theater October 12 & 13.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003F0ECE47ADCF?artistid=770768&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

And, Pavarotti died.
http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pnames-nf/Pavarotti+Luciano